Hyper Light Breaker: How to Get Golden Rations

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• Where to Get Golden Rations

• What are Golden Rations For?

Hyper Light Breaker boasts a variety of resources, but Golden Rations stand out as the rarest and most crucial for significant upgrades. The game doesn't explicitly explain these resources, so let's clarify their acquisition.

Where to Get Golden Rations

Currently, Golden Rations are primarily obtained through exploration and cycle resets. During your runs, keep an eye out for chest icons on the map. These often contain resources for upgrades or purchases, and sometimes, the coveted Golden Rations. A Golden Ration icon above a chest indicates your lucky find.

Areas containing Prisms (marked by golden diamond icons) frequently have nearby Golden Ration chests.

Alternatively, cycle resets offer a reliable method. A cycle represents a single Overgrowth playthrough, resetting when your revives (Rez count) deplete. After running out of revives, you can retry the map (at a resource cost) or fully reset the cycle at the Cursed Outpost. Successful cycle resets reward you based on your score, with Golden Rations awarded for achieving rank-ups.

What are Golden Rations For?

Golden Rations are essential for progression in Hyper Light Breaker. Primarily, they unlock permanent upgrades at your home base, enhancing your characters or acquiring new vendor services.

Furthermore, Golden Rations unlock Sycoms—items defining your Breaker's stats and passive abilities, thus shaping your playstyle. These are incredibly valuable.

Upon acquiring your first Golden Ration, prioritize the extra medkit upgrade from Pherus Bit. This significantly improves survivability, especially considering the game's unforgiving combat.

Remember, while death results in lost weapons, amps, and perks (suffering one pip of damage, potentially destroying them), any collected resources, including Golden Rations, are retained.